Yarkin Doroz is a product manager for Encryption Libraries on the NVIDIA Enterprise product team. He ensures the development of cutting-edge encryption solutions to keep Nvidia's products at the forefront of security technology. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Yarkin co-founded two startups and served as a teaching professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). His expertise includes Post-Quantum Cryptography, Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and Side-Channel Attacks.
Michael Osborne is the global CTO for IBM Quantum Safe and leads the cryptographic research activities at the IBM Research Center in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. His current focus includes advancing new generations of advanced cryptography, such as those selected by NIST as the next generation of PQC algorithms. He also leads efforts to develop technology to migrate cryptography to these new standards and impact IBM’s products and services.
Dustin Moody is a supervisory mathematician at the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and he leads the post-quantum cryptography project at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 USA. His research interests include elliptic curves and their applications in cryptography. Moody received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Christiane Peters, a Senior IT Architect at Google Cloud, advises on digital transformations and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) strategies. Formerly at IBM, she led the Global Cryptography Consulting practice. She holds a Ph.D. in cryptography from Eindhoven University, lectures on security topics, and contributed to the "Classic McEliece" NIST PQC competition finalist.
Dr. Hubert Le Van Gong, Managing Director and Distinguished Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, leads the firm’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) modernization and cryptography strategy. Previously, he led PayPal’s Emerging Technology Research and held roles at Sun Microsystems, Neustar, and Sony. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Paris and has numerous patents and publications.
Ange is a cryptographer at French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) since 2020 after working for the industry. His main research topics are real world oriented going from instant messaging protocols to side-channel attacks. At ANSSI, he is involved in matters of crypto-agility and post-quantum transition.
Felix Günther is a cryptography researcher at IBM Research in Zurich.
His research focuses on real-world cryptographic systems, contributing
to Internet security protocols like TLS, QUIC, and Signal, their post-quantum security as well as their cryptographic building blocks. Before joining IBM, he was at ETH Zurich and UC San Diego after obtaining his Ph.D. from TU Darmstadt.
Stephan, a cryptographer at Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) since 2021, focuses on post-quantum cryptography, particularly lattice-based schemes. He edits an ISO/IEC 18033-2 amendment on PQC and represents BSI in the EU PQC work stream. Holding a Ph.D. in Number Theory, he is also an assistant professor at the University of Cologne.
Shay Gueron, a distinguished professor at the University of Haifa and a Distinguished Engineer at Meta, specializes in applied cryptography and post-quantum cryptography. He previously held senior roles at Intel and AWS, contributing to cryptographic optimizations and processor instructions like AES-NI. A contributor to international standards, he holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Technion.
Johnathan Partouche is the Cyber Next EMEA Lead at Accenture, bringing over 15 years of experience in Cyber Defense & Intelligence, Innovation, and Quantum technologies. With a robust background in cutting-edge cybersecurity practices, Johnathan has spearheaded numerous initiatives to help organizations & governments navigate the evolving threat landscape and drive innovation. At Accenture, Johnathan leads strategic efforts across the EMEA region to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions that empower businesses to stay ahead in an increasingly complex digital world.
Rafael, a Cryptographer at Meta, specializes in post-quantum cryptography (PQC), homomorphic encryption, and privacy technologies. He previously led cryptography projects at Google and Intel, creating tools like Tink and TinyCrypt while driving PQC migration. A contributor to international cryptography standards, he holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne Universités.
Ryan is a Cisco Technical Leader with 16 years of experience developing software enabling multiple products across Cisco to obtain FIPS 140-2/140-3 and Department of Defense Approved Product List certifications. Ryan has designed, implemented, and tested features to address these markets across OnPrem and Cloud Offerings. In the future, Ryan will work with Cisco Products to understand their roadmap related to secure protocols and establish a corresponding roadmap for Cisco's common secure libraries.
Jaime Gómez GarcÃa, Global Head of Cryptography and Quantum Safety at Banco Santander, specializes in quantum computing and its impact on finance and cryptography. He also chairs the Quantum Safe Financial Forum, driving the transition to quantum-safe cryptography. Recognized as a LinkedIn Quantum Top Voice (2022-2024), he has expertise in telecommunications, blockchain, and quantum technologies.
Daan van der Valk is a Junior Manager in Deloitte’s Global Quantum Cyber Readiness team. With a robust background in computer science and applied cryptography, Daan serves as a key subject matter expert in cryptographic discovery and inventory. Daan has played a pivotal role in developing methodologies for crypto discovery and inventory, leveraging his extensive knowledge of technical discovery tooling.
Ajanthan has been a software engineer at Meta for the past 9 years. His primary focus has been on securing data in transit for Meta’s internal traffic. This covers both encryption primarily via TLS, but also building out the mechanisms for enforcing internal security standards and enabling this for the fleet at wide in a transparent and efficient manner.
Matthew, Sr. Principal Engineer at AWS, leads cryptographic solution design and analysis. He chairs ETSI TC CYBER’s Quantum Safe Cryptography group and is a member of ETSI SAGE. Formerly, he worked at Certicom/BlackBerry on elliptic curve cryptography and at the NSA as a cryptologic mathematician. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Wesleyan and a B.A. from Fordham.
Itan Barmes leads the Cryptography and Quantum Security team at Deloitte in the Netherlands and serves as the Global Quantum Cyber Readiness capability leader. His team focuses on all aspects of cryptography management, particularly addressing the emerging risks posed by quantum computers to cybersecurity. Itan served as a subject matter expert for the Quantum Security program at the World Economic Forum. In addition to his client-focused work, he regularly writes thought leadership articles on quantum risk and speaks at external events on cybersecurity challenges.
Yolanda Sanz is the Head of Technical Working Groups at GSMA. She oversees different technical groups that help the telco industry to build interoperability and trust across the telco industry. She
works to drive the Post Quantum Cryptography transition within GSMA to guide the telco operators to migrate to the Post Quantum Era from the standardisation and implementation perspective. She is also responsible for the strategic guidance on Quantum Technologies for telco use cases.
Dr. Douglas Stebila is an Associate Professor of cryptography in the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on improving the security of Internet communications protocols and developing practical quantum-resistant cryptography. He is the co-founder of the Open Quantum Safe project, an open-source software project for prototyping and evaluating quantum-resistant cryptography.
Dr. Marc Manzano leads the cybersecurity group at SandboxAQ. With 10+ years of experience, he's led development of cybersecurity products, cryptographic libraries, and protocols. Formerly a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google and VP of Cryptography Research at the Technology Innovation Institute (UAE), he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Network Security. Dr Manzano's research contributions include 25+ publications and spans academic institutions across multiple countries, including Spain, the UK, and the US.
Matt Mickelson is MITRE’s Sr. Principal for Research in MITRE Labs’ Cyber Technology Office, and leads MITRE’s lead for the PQC Coalition (PQCC). Matt has twenty-five years of experience creating and integrating emerging technologies with some of the world’s largest organizations. He is responsible for the strategic guidance and execution of cross-cutting research and emerging technologies at MITRE.
Deirdre does cryptography at SandboxAQ as a standardization research engineer, focusing on post-quantum migration. She is co-chair of the TLS Working Group at IETF, co-organizer of the High-Assurance Cryptographic Software workshop, Black Hat cryptography reviewer, and co-host of the podcast Security Cryptography Whatever.
